The basic idea is to take time in your self-empathy processes to connect to how wonderful that need is when you imagine it fulfilled and how cool it is that something in you is wanting to take care of this need. All the needs that come up, not only self-love.

Smile at yourself in the mirror.

Mourning

Mourn how life has led a part of you to make the decision to block you from your self-appreciation or self-love. Or dampen your connection to it.

Mourn how hard and lonely it can be to live with a deeply shaken connection to self-appreciation.